The US Census Bureau thread - Page 237

Yuri · #**4721** Posted **Mar 25, 2026, 3:28 PM**

Finishing the list. New Haven, Columbus, Utica, Worcester, New Bedford, Reading, Bangor, Lynn, Springfield, Fall River, Manchester, Hartford, Petersburg, Wilmington, Poughkeepsie, Kingston, Lockport, Oswego, Lancaster, Wheeling, Paterson, Jersey City, New Brunswick, Dayton e Nashville

1790

Code:

Philadelphia --- 47,813 --- 59 km²
Nova York ------ 33,131 --- 59 km²
Boston --------- 24,244 --- 55 km²
Charleston ----- 16,359 --- 14 km²
Baltimore ------ 13,503 --- 26 km²
Salem ----------- 9,521 --- 64 km²
Providence ------ 8,551 --- 52 km²
New Haven ------- 4,484 --- 48 km²
Richmond -------- 4,261 --- 11 km²
Norfolk --------- 3,959 --- 14 km²
Albany ---------- 3,748 --- 52 km²
Lancaster ------- 3,373 --- 18 km²
New Bedford ----- 3,313 --- 84 km²
Newark ---------- 3,200 --- 25 km²
Washington ------ 2,993 --- 26 km²
Petersburg ------ 2,828 --- 14 km²
Hartford -------- 2,683 --- 45 km²
Brooklyn -------- 2,443 --- 47 km²
Wilmington ------ 2,335 --- 28 km²
Lynn ------------ 2,291 --- 28 km²
Savannah -------- 2,250 ---- 6 km²
Portland -------- 2,240 ---- 6 km²
Reading --------- 2,225 --- 11 km²
Worcester ------- 2,095 --- 96 km²
Springfield ----- 1,574 -- 145 km²
Kingston -------- 1,200 --- 22 km²
Poughkeepsie ------ 900 --- 13 km²
Manchester -------- 362 --- 70 km²
Wheeling ---------- 300 --- 10 km²
Louisville -------- 200 --- 20 km²
Bangor ------------ 169 -- 129 km²
Buffalo ------------------- 23 km²
Chicago ------------------- 27 km²
Cincinnati ---------------- 30 km²
Cleveland ----------------- 12 km²
Columbus ------------------- 4 km²
Dayton -------------------- 14 km²
Detroit -------------------- 9 km²
Fall River ---------------- 86 km²
Lockport ------------------ 18 km²
Lowell -------------------- 16 km²
Jersey City ---------------- 5 km²
Milwaukee ----------------- 16 km²
Mobile -------------------- 19 km²
Nashville ----------------- 13 km²
New Brunswick ------------- 13 km²
New Orleans --------------- 27 km²
Oswego -------------------- 20 km²
Paterson ------------------ 22 km²
Pittsburgh ---------------- 14 km²
St. Louis ----------------- 22 km²
Rochester ----------------- 12 km²
San Francisco ------------- 12 km²
Syracuse ------------------ 14 km²
Troy ---------------------- 13 km²
Utica --------------------- 18 km²

1800

Code:

Philadelphia --- 66,107 --- 38.3%
Nova York ------ 60,489 --- 82.6%
Boston --------- 32,906 --- 35.7%
Baltimore ------ 26,514 --- 96.4%
Charleston ----- 18,824 --- 15.1%
Salem ---------- 11,457 --- 20.3%
Providence ----- 10,111 --- 18.2%
Norfolk --------- 8,426 -- 112.8%
Richmond -------- 6,637 --- 55.8%
Washington ------ 6,203 -- 107.3%
Albany ---------- 5,749 --- 53.4%
New Haven ------- 5,157 --- 15.0%
Savannah -------- 5,146 -- 128.7%
New Bedford ----- 4,361 --- 31.6%
Lancaster ------- 4,292 --- 27.2%
Brooklyn -------- 3,284 --- 34.4%
Newark ---------- 3,850 --- 20.3%
Portland -------- 3,704 --- 65.4%
Hartford -------- 3,523 --- 31.3%
Petersburg ------ 3,521 --- 24.5%
Wilmington ------ 3,241 --- 38.8%
Lynn ------------ 2,837 --- 23.8%
Troy ------------ 2,665
Worcester ------- 2,411 --- 15.1%
Springfield ----- 2,312 --- 46.9%
Reading --------- 2,386 ---- 7.2%
Pittsburgh ------ 1,565 
Kingston -------- 1,550 --- 29.2%
Poughkeepsie ---- 1,450 --- 61.1%
Utica ----------- 1,250
Cincinnati ------ 1,123
Manchester -------- 557 --- 53.9%
Wheeling ---------- 500 --- 66.7%
Louisville -------- 359 --- 79.5%
Nashville --------- 345
Paterson ---------- 300
Bangor ------------ 277 --- 63.9%

1810

Code:

Nova York ------ 96,373 --- 59.3%
Philadelphia --- 94,778 --- 43.4%
Baltimore ------ 46,555 --- 75.6%
Boston --------- 44,738 --- 36.0%
Charleston ----- 24,711 --- 31.3%
New Orleans ---- 17,242
Salem ---------- 15,213 --- 32.8%
Providence ----- 13,849 --- 37.0%
Washington ----- 13,156 -- 112.1%
Richmond ------- 11,235 --- 69.3%
Norfolk -------- 11,193 --- 32.8%
Albany --------- 10,006 --- 74.0%
Portland -------- 7,169 --- 93.5%
New Haven ------- 6,967 --- 35.1%
Troy ------------ 6,400 -- 141.1%
Petersburg ------ 5,668 --- 61.0%
New Bedford ----- 5,651 --- 29.6%
Lancaster ------- 5,405 --- 25.9%
Brooklyn -------- 5,245 --- 59.7%
Savannah -------- 5,215 ---- 1.3%
Newark ---------- 5,200 --- 35.1%
Pittsburgh ------ 4,768 -- 204.7%
Wilmington ------ 4,416 --- 36.3%
Lynn ------------ 4,087 --- 44.1%
Hartford -------- 3,955 --- 12.3%
Cincinnati ------ 3,670 -- 226.8%
Reading --------- 3,462 --- 45.1%
Poughkeepsie ---- 2,981 -- 105.6%
Utica ----------- 2,850 -- 128.0%
Springfield ----- 2,767 --- 19.7%
Worcester ------- 2,577 ---- 6.9%
Kingston -------- 2,211 --- 42.6%
St. Louis ------- 1,600
Louisville ------ 1,532 -- 298.2% 
Buffalo --------- 1,508
Paterson -------- 1,500 -- 400.0%
Fall River ------ 1,296
Nashville ------- 1,100 -- 218.8%
Rochester ------- 1,001
Wheeling ---------- 914 --- 82.8%
Bangor ------------ 850 -- 206.8%
Detroit ----------- 770
Manchester -------- 615 --- 10.4%
Syracuse ---------- 550
Oswego ------------ 450
Dayton ------------ 383
Lowell ------------ 200

1820

Code:

Nova York ----- 123,706 --- 28.4%
Philadelphia -- 118,977 --- 25.5%
Baltimore ------ 62,738 --- 34.8%
Boston --------- 57,319 --- 28.1%
Charleston ----- 27,980 --- 13.2%
New Orleans ---- 27,176	--- 57.6%
Washington ----- 20,580 --- 56.4%
Providence ----- 16,140 --- 16.5%
Salem ---------- 15,531 ---- 2.1%
Richmond ------- 14,267 --- 27.0%
Albany --------- 13,480 --- 34.7%
Norfolk -------- 13,478 --- 20.4%
Cincinnati ----- 12,185 -- 232.0%
Portland -------- 8,581 --- 19.7%
Troy ------------ 8,448 --- 32.0%
Brooklyn -------- 8,402 --- 60.2%
New Haven ------- 8,327 --- 19.5%
Pittsburgh ------ 8,196 --- 71.9%
Savannah -------- 7,523 --- 44.2%
Petersburg ------ 6,690 --- 18.0%
New Bedford ----- 6,678 --- 18.2%
Lancaster ------- 6,633 --- 22.7%
Louisville ------ 6,101 -- 123.8% 
Newark ---------- 5,600 ---- 7.7%
Wilmington ------ 5,268 --- 19.3%
Paterson -------- 4,737 -- 215.8%
Hartford -------- 4,726 --- 19.5%
St. Louis ------- 4,598 -- 187.4%
Lynn ------------ 4,515 --- 10.5%
Reading --------- 4,332 --- 25.1%
Utica ----------- 4,272 --- 49.9%
Springfield ----- 3,914 --- 41.4%
Poughkeepsie ---- 3,401 --- 14.1%
Worcester ------- 2,962 --- 14.9%
Kingston -------- 2,956 --- 33.7%
Buffalo --------- 2,915 --- 93.3%
Nashville ------- 2,394 -- 117.6%
Bangor ---------- 2,380 -- 180.0%
Columbus -------- 1,993
Syracuse -------- 1,814 -- 229.8%
Fall River ------ 1,594 --- 23.0%
Wheeling -------- 1,567 --- 71.4%
Rochester ------- 1,502 --- 50.0%
Lowell ---------- 1,500 -- 650.0%
Mobile ---------- 1,500
Detroit --------- 1,422 --- 84.7%
Dayton ---------- 1,000 -- 161.1%
Oswego ------------ 950 -- 111.1%
Manchester -------- 761 --- 23.7%
Cleveland --------- 606

1830

Code:

Nova York ----- 202,589 --- 63.8%
Philadelphia -- 173,783 --- 46.1%
Boston --------- 81,494 --- 42.2%
Baltimore ------ 80,620 --- 28.5%
New Orleans ---- 46,082	--- 69.6%
Charleston ----- 35,789 --- 27.9%
Cincinnati ----- 30,573 -- 150.9%
Washington ----- 27,271 --- 32.5%
Albany --------- 25,309 --- 87.8%
Providence ----- 22,502 --- 39.4%
Richmond ------- 19,160 --- 34.3%
Salem ---------- 17,295 --- 11.4%
Brooklyn ------- 17,211 -- 104.8%
Troy ----------- 16,634 --- 96.9%
Pittsburgh ----- 16,313 --- 99.0%
Norfolk -------- 15,314 --- 13.6%
Louisville ----- 14,882 -- 143.9%
Portland ------- 12,598 --- 46.8%
Utica ---------- 11,823 -- 176.7%
Buffalo -------- 10,706 -- 104.0%
New Haven ------ 10,678 --- 28.2%
New Bedford ---- 10,612 --- 58.9%
Newark ---------- 9,500 --- 69.6%
Rochester ------- 9,207	-- 513.0%
Paterson -------- 9,033 --- 90.7%
St. Louis ------- 8,500 --- 84.9%
Petersburg ------ 8,322 --- 24.4%
Savannah -------- 7,776 ---- 3.3%
Lancaster ------- 7,704 --- 16.1%
Lowell ---------- 7,477 -- 398.5%
Hartford -------- 7,074 --- 49.7%
Syracuse -------- 6,929 -- 282.0%
Springfield ----- 6,784 --- 73.3%
Wilmington ------ 6,628 --- 25.8%
Lynn ------------ 6,138 --- 35.9%
Reading --------- 5,856 --- 35.2%
Nashville ------- 5,566 -- 132.5%
Wheeling -------- 5,222 -- 233.2%
Poughkeepsie ---- 5,023 --- 47.7%
Worcester ------- 4,173 --- 40.9%
Kingston -------- 4,170 --- 41.1%
Fall River ------ 4,158 -- 160.9%
Bangor ---------- 3,945 --- 65.7%
Columbus -------- 3,426 --- 71.9%
Mobile ---------- 3,194 -- 112.9%
Dayton ---------- 2,950 -- 195.0%
Detroit --------- 2,222 --- 56.3%
Oswego ---------- 2,116 -- 122.7%
Lockport -------- 1,801
Cleveland ------- 1,576 -- 160.1%
Jersey City ----- 1,017
Manchester -------- 877 --- 15.2%
Milwaukee --------- 200
Chicago ----------- 100

1840

Code:

Nova York ----- 312,710 --- 54.4%
Philadelphia -- 235,696 --- 35.6%
Boston -------- 122,365 --- 50.2%
New Orleans --- 105,400	-- 128.7%
Baltimore ----- 102,313 --- 26.9%
Cincinnati ----- 67,045 -- 119.3%
Brooklyn ------- 42,613 -- 147.6%
Charleston ----- 41,161 --- 15.0%
Albany --------- 35,171 --- 39.0%
Pittsburgh ----- 34,789 -- 113.3%
Louisville ----- 33,310 -- 123.8%
Washington ----- 30,676 --- 12.5%
Providence ----- 29,556 --- 31.3%
Troy ----------- 28,618 --- 72.0%
Richmond ------- 24,453 --- 27.6%
St. Louis ------ 22,500 -- 164.7%
Buffalo -------- 21,838 -- 104.0%
Lowell --------- 20,981 -- 180.6%
Rochester ------ 20,191	-- 119.3%
Norfolk -------- 19,897 --- 29.9%
Salem ---------- 19,182 --- 10.9%
Utica ---------- 18,282 --- 54.6%
Newark --------- 17,290 --- 82.0%
New Bedford ---- 16,031 --- 51.1%
Portland ------- 15,218 --- 20.8%
New Haven ------ 14,390 --- 34.8%
Mobile --------- 12,672 -- 296.7%
Savannah ------- 11,214 --- 44.2%
Petersburg ----- 11,136 --- 33.8%
Syracuse ------- 11,014 --- 58.9%
Springfield ---- 10,985 --- 61.9%
Bangor --------- 10,363 -- 162.7%
Hartford -------- 9,468 --- 33.8%
Lynn ------------ 9,367 --- 52.6%
Detroit --------- 9,102 -- 309.6%
Lancaster ------- 8,417 ---- 9.3%
Reading --------- 8,410 --- 43.6%
Wilmington ------ 8,367 --- 26.2%
Wheeling -------- 7,885 --- 51.0%
Poughkeepsie ---- 7,710 --- 53.5%
Cleveland ------- 7,648 -- 385.3%
Paterson -------- 7,596 -- -15.9%
Worcester ------- 7,497 --- 79.7%
Nashville ------- 6,929 --- 24.5%
Fall River ------ 6,738 --- 62.0%
Lockport -------- 6,500 -- 260.9%
Dayton ---------- 6,067 -- 105.7%
Columbus -------- 6,048 --- 76.5%
New Brunswick --- 5,866
Kingston -------- 5,824 --- 39.7%
Oswego ---------- 4,665 -- 120.5%
Chicago --------- 4,470
Manchester ------ 3,235 -- 268.9%
Jersey City ----- 3,072 -- 202.1%
Milwaukee ------- 1,712 -- 756.0%

1850

Code:

Nova York ----- 515,547 --- 64.9%
Philadelphia -- 389,801 --- 65.4%
Boston -------- 187,685 --- 53.4%
Baltimore ----- 169,054 --- 65.2%
Cincinnati ---- 133,962 -- 118.5%
Brooklyn ------ 131,357 -- 208.2%
New Orleans --- 130,565 --- 23.9%
St. Louis ------ 95,860 -- 326.0%
Pittsburgh ----- 79,113 -- 127.4%
Louisville ----- 59,284 --- 78.0%
Albany --------- 54,127 --- 53.9%
Providence ----- 52,926 --- 79.1%
Buffalo -------- 49,769 -- 127.9%
Washington ----- 48,313 --- 57.5%
Charleston ----- 42,985 ---- 4.4%
Troy ----------- 42,101 --- 47.1%
Newark --------- 38,894 -- 125.0%
Lowell --------- 36,883 --- 75.8%
Rochester ------ 36,403 --- 80.3%
Richmond ------- 31,841 --- 30.2%
Chicago -------- 29,963 -- 570.3%
Norfolk -------- 25,948 --- 30.4%
Salem ---------- 25,124 --- 31.0%
Utica ---------- 25,065 --- 37.1%
San Francisco -- 25,000
New Haven ------ 22,529 --- 56.6%
Syracuse ------- 22,271 -- 102.2%
Cleveland ------ 22,184 -- 190.1%
Detroit -------- 21,019 -- 130.9%
Portland ------- 20,815 --- 36.8%
New Bedford ---- 20,733 --- 29.3%
Mobile --------- 20,515 --- 61.9%
Milwaukee ------ 20,061 -- 1,071%
Springfield ---- 20,057 --- 82.6%
Hartford ------- 17,966 --- 89.8%
Columbus ------- 17,882 -- 195.7%
Bangor --------- 17,060 --- 64.6%
Worcester ------ 17,049 -- 127.4%
Manchester ----- 16,932 -- 330.7%
Reading -------- 15,743 --- 87.2%
Savannah ------- 15,312 --- 36.5%
Lynn ----------- 14,257 --- 52.2%
Petersburg ----- 14,010 --- 25.8%
Wilmington ----- 13,931 --- 66.5%
Lancaster ------ 12,369 --- 46.9%
Lockport ------- 12,323 --- 89.6%
Oswego --------- 12,205 -- 161.6%
Fall River ----- 11,524 --- 71.0%
Poughkeepsie --- 11,511 --- 49.3%
Jersey City ---- 11,473 -- 273.5%
Wheeling ------- 11,435 --- 45.0%
Paterson ------- 11,334 --- 49.2%
Dayton --------- 10,977 --- 80.9%
Kingston ------- 10,232 --- 75.7%
Nashville ------ 10,165 --- 46.7%
New Brunswick -- 10,019 --- 70.8%

So many Massachusetts towns on the list.

Yuri · #**4722** Posted **Mar 26, 2026, 10:18 AM**

2025 Estimates for counties and cities are out: https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2026/2025-popest-metro-micro-counties.html

Yuri · #**4723** Posted **Mar 26, 2026, 1:25 PM**

Population and Population Change by Metro/Micro Area Status: 2023-24 vs. 2024-25
Population Numeric Growth Percent Growth
Metro/Micro Status July 1, 2023 July 1, 2024 July 1, 2025 2023-2024 2024-2025 2023-2024 2024-2025
United States 336,755,052 340,003,797 341,784,857 3,248,745 1,781,060 1.0 0.5
Metro areas 290,665,161 293,746,059 295,450,885 3,080,898 1,704,826 1.1 0.6
Micro areas 28,146,059 28,274,122 28,338,989 128,063 64,867 0.5 0.2
Outside metro/micro areas 17,943,832 17,983,616 17,994,983 39,784 11,367 0.2 0.1

Top 10 Most Populous Counties: July 1, 2025
Rank State County April 1, 2020 (Estimates Base) July 1, 2024 July 1, 2025
1 California Los Angeles County 10,017,414 9,748,868 9,694,934
2 Illinois Cook County 5,279,010 5,188,791 5,194,625
3 Texas Harris County 4,730,408 4,996,331 5,045,026
4 Arizona Maricopa County 4,425,302 4,654,147 4,689,558
5 California San Diego County 3,298,648 3,287,542 3,282,248
6 California Orange County 3,187,279 3,158,027 3,149,507
7 Florida Miami-Dade County 2,701,762 2,812,144 2,802,029
8 Texas Dallas County 2,612,087 2,664,013 2,661,397
9 New York Kings County 2,736,291 2,658,657 2,653,963
10 California Riverside County 2,419,962 2,529,112 2,544,916

Top 10 Counties by Numeric Growth: July 1, 2024, to July 1, 2025
Rank State County April 1, 2020 (Estimates Base) July 1, 2024 July 1, 2025 Numeric Growth
1 Texas Harris County 4,730,408 4,996,331 5,045,026 48,695
2 Texas Collin County 1,066,201 1,254,213 1,297,179 42,966
3 Arizona Maricopa County 4,425,302 4,654,147 4,689,558 35,411
4 Texas Montgomery County 620,551 751,183 781,194 30,011
5 North Carolina Wake County 1,129,356 1,229,475 1,257,235 27,760
6 Washington King County 2,269,668 2,317,959 2,344,939 26,980
7 North Carolina Mecklenburg County 1,115,554 1,206,829 1,233,383 26,554
8 Texas Fort Bend County 823,997 951,028 975,191 24,163
9 Texas Williamson County 609,059 729,013 752,827 23,814
10 Arizona Pinal County 425,993 515,726 539,380 23,654

Top 10 Counties by Percent Growth: July 1, 2024, to July 1, 2025 (Population of 20,000 or more in 2024 and 2025)
Rank State County April 1, 2020 (Estimates Base) July 1, 2024 July 1, 2025 Percent Growth
1 South Carolina Jasper County 28,811 36,338 38,533 6.0
2 Texas Waller County 56,769 66,097 69,858 5.7
3 Texas Kaufman County 145,337 198,010 209,235 5.7
4 Georgia Jackson County 75,945 94,302 99,265 5.3
5 Georgia Long County 16,150 20,493 21,557 5.2
6 North Carolina Brunswick County 136,695 166,889 174,702 4.7
7 Arizona Pinal County 425,993 515,726 539,380 4.6
8 Texas Liberty County 91,661 116,291 121,364 4.4
9 Georgia Dawson County 26,797 33,945 35,365 4.2
10 Texas Caldwell County 45,882 52,939 55,150 4.2

Top 10 Counties by Numeric Decline: July 1, 2024, to July 1, 2025
Rank State County April 1, 2020 (Estimates Base) July 1, 2024 July 1, 2025 Numeric Growth
1 California Los Angeles County 10,017,414 9,748,868 9,694,934 -53,934
2 Florida Pinellas County 959,090 960,397 948,563 -11,834
3 Florida Miami-Dade County 2,701,762 2,812,144 2,802,029 -10,115
4 New York Queens County 2,405,427 2,367,034 2,358,182 -8,852
5 California Orange County 3,187,279 3,158,027 3,149,507 -8,520
6 California San Diego County 3,298,648 3,287,542 3,282,248 -5,294
7 Tennessee Shelby County 930,012 915,438 910,226 -5,212
8 New York Kings County 2,736,291 2,658,657 2,653,963 -4,694
9 Texas Dallas County 2,612,087 2,664,013 2,661,397 -2,616
10.5 California Ventura County 844,358 833,431 830,851 -2,580
10.5 New Mexico Bernalillo County 676,446 670,181 667,601 -2,580

Top 10 Counties by Percent Decline: July 1, 2024, to July 1, 2025 (Population of 20,000 or more in 2024 and 2025)
Rank State County April 1, 2020 (Estimates Base) July 1, 2024 July 1, 2025 Percent Growth
1 Florida Taylor County 21,799 21,689 21,210 -2.2
2 Louisiana Vernon Parish 48,748 46,079 45,091 -2.1
3 California Del Norte County 27,749 26,959 26,410 -2.0
4 Florida Monroe County 82,871 82,015 80,406 -2.0
5 California Tuolumne County 55,612 54,185 53,160 -1.9
6 Mississippi Washington County 44,918 41,218 40,446 -1.9
7 Kentucky Christian County 72,799 71,436 70,115 -1.8
8 Mississippi Leflore County 28,498 26,162 25,686 -1.8
9 California Lassen County 32,729 28,593 28,117 -1.7
10 New Mexico Curry County 48,428 47,377 46,655 -1.5

Yuri · #**4724** Posted **Mar 26, 2026, 1:35 PM**

Top 10 U.S. Metro Areas by Numeric Growth: July 1, 2024, to July 1, 2025
Rank Metro Area April 1, 2020 (Estimates Base) July 1, 2024 July 1, 2025 Numeric Growth
1 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX 7,150,227 7,777,907 7,904,627 126,720
2 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 7,638,294 8,353,600 8,477,157 123,557
3 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA 6,106,816 6,420,229 6,482,182 61,953
4 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ 4,851,295 5,169,873 5,228,938 59,065
5 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC 2,660,124 2,884,708 2,938,830 54,122
6 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 2,283,391 2,567,149 2,620,945 53,796
7 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 6,278,627 6,415,518 6,465,724 50,206
8 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 4,018,766 4,118,815 4,161,883 43,068
9 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 2,558,389 2,774,738 2,813,140 38,402
10 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 2,673,372 2,919,982 2,957,672 37,690

Top 10 U.S. Metro Areas by Percent Growth: July 1, 2024, to July 1, 2025 (Population of 20,000 or more in 2024 and 2025)
Rank Metro Area April 1, 2020 (Estimates Base) July 1, 2024 July 1, 2025 Percent Growth
1 Ocala, FL 375,892 427,995 442,660 3.4
2 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC 351,036 414,307 427,551 3.2
3 Spartanburg, SC 355,230 396,728 407,656 2.8
4 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 725,042 851,434 874,790 2.7
5 Punta Gorda, FL 186,823 211,456 217,212 2.7
6 Huntsville, AL 491,721 542,122 556,444 2.6
7 Wilmington, NC 422,602 480,374 492,772 2.6
8 St. George, UT 180,284 208,431 213,670 2.5
9 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR 546,709 607,433 622,177 2.4
10 Raleigh-Cary, NC 1,413,995 1,558,927 1,595,720 2.4

Yuri · #**4725** Posted **Mar 26, 2026, 2:00 PM**

- It's showing big urban counties that seemed to be recovering in 2024, falling again in 2025. The US slowed from +1.0% to +0.5% while counties above 1 million, from +1.1% to +0.3%;

- Los Angeles County fell once more (-54,000 on the last year); Cook County still growing (+6,000); Kings and Queens back to negative (-13,000 put together);

- Miami-Dade and Dallas counties (!!!) shrinking: -10,000 and -2,600 respectively;

- Seattle MSA back on track: +100,000 between 2020-2024 and +43,000 (2024-2025). Big divergence from Californian ones; Same story for Washington MSA: +137,000 and +50,000 respectively;

- The Texan Big 4 still very strong.

jayden · #**4726** Posted **Mar 26, 2026, 3:47 PM**

Atlanta will forever be behind Dallas and Houston smh.

galaca · #**4727** Posted **Mar 26, 2026, 3:50 PM**

^ so?

IcedCowboyCoffee · #**4728** Posted **Mar 26, 2026, 4:11 PM**

This marks the first time the estimated population difference between the Chicago and DFW areas have become <1 million.

Population difference between Chicago / DFW metro areas:
2020: 1,768,555
2021: 1,587,651
2022: 1,330,499
2023: 1,171,781
2024: 1,057,598
2025: 956,966

Yuri · #**4729** Posted **Mar 26, 2026, 4:24 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by jayden

Atlanta will forever be behind Dallas and Houston smh.

Atlanta was left behind by the mid-2000's. It's been 20 years now and I don't think that will change.

DCReid · #**4730** Posted **Mar 26, 2026, 4:29 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yuri

Atlanta was left behind by the mid-2000's. It's been 20 years now and I don't think that will change.

Probably won't change because Atlanta now has some serious competition with Charlotte and Nashville, and to an extent Raleigh-Durham in the southeast. I'm surprise Houston is doing so well given DFW and Austin gets all the news about relocations and tech investment. I remember that Houston was left out the Amazon HQ2 list, and they felt it was a slap in the face.

DCReid · #**4731** Posted **Mar 26, 2026, 4:35 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yuri

- It's showing big urban counties that seemed to be recovering in 2024, falling again in 2025. The US slowed from +1.0% to +0.5% while counties above 1 million, from +1.1% to +0.3%;

- Los Angeles County fell once more (-54,000 on the last year); Cook County still growing (+6,000); Kings and Queens back to negative (-13,000 put together);

- Miami-Dade and Dallas counties (!!!) shrinking: -10,000 and -2,600 respectively;

- Seattle MSA back on track: +100,000 between 2020-2024 and +43,000 (2024-2025). Big divergence from Californian ones; Same story for Washington MSA: +137,000 and +50,000 respectively;

- The Texan Big 4 still very strong.

Not surprised about Miami-Dade shrinking as it is very expensive and I've heard that the salaries are not that high; so I'm guessing the middle class is leaving for probably Orlando. Dallas's growth is the far northern suburbs, HQs are more interested in expanding in places like Frisco and people want their McMansions in places I never heard of like Princeton, TX, so I am also not surprised about that as well.

Crawford · #**4732** Posted **Mar 26, 2026, 4:39 PM**

Houston actually outgrew Dallas.

These are of course just estimates, and they retroactively revise them every year, and never publicize the revised numbers, just the initial numbers, even tho the revised numbers are the final say.

I really wish the Census would fix its releases, and include the revised estimates. The current process provides zero context. A city or metro can "lose" population, every single year, but end up with official population "gain", every single year, as long as the previous losses are revised. Nonsensical.

The weird process pushes false narratives. We had a bunch of articles about a Rust Belt "boom" a few months ago, bc all the counties showed 2025 growth. But they didn't include the fact that they revised the 2024 numbers downward. So there were official net losses, taking the revisions into account.

Or a lot of the very blue, progressive leaning cities show population losses every year, driving a political narrative. But you see the Census keeps revising their previous year's estimates upward, which is why these cities end up with official population gains. But every annual release, you'll see the same media doom narrative.

Yuri · #**4733** Posted **Mar 26, 2026, 4:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by IcedCowboyCoffee

This marks the first time the estimated population difference between the Chicago and DFW areas have become <1 million.

Population difference between Chicago / DFW metro areas:
2020: 1,768,555
2021: 1,587,651
2022: 1,330,499
2023: 1,171,781
2024: 1,057,598
2025: 956,966

I suspect Dallas MSA will capture Sherman-Denison MSA (north of Dallas) and Granbury μSA (south of Fort Worth) at any moment. So this difference would fall to 700k.

themaguffin · #**4734** Posted **Mar 26, 2026, 4:44 PM**

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Originally Posted by jayden

Atlanta will forever be behind Dallas and Houston smh.

What, is there some contest? ??

IcedCowboyCoffee · #**4735** Posted **Mar 26, 2026, 6:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by Yuri

I suspect Dallas MSA will capture Sherman-Denison MSA (north of Dallas) and Granbury μSA (south of Fort Worth) at any moment. So this difference would fall to 700k.

I could definitely see a scenario where Grayson county and northern Collin county grow enough in the next 4 years that the Sherman MSA gets globbed onto the DFW MSA when the official census happens.

Grayson county (153k) is already more populous than Denton county was in 1980 (147k), and that was part of the DFW MSA at the time.

dimondpark · #**4736** Posted **Mar 26, 2026, 6:49 PM**

I did California's largest Metro Areas, in a word, meh.

Anyway, LA and SD lost pop, the others gained, SF eeked out 6k, which is better than losing 6k I suppose, otoh, one group that continues to move here unabated is insufferable MBAs and 'founders'--without fail. Also, apparently immigration has tanked all over the country, so there's that too.

Metro-------------2024 Pop----2025 Pop---1-year Growth
Los Angeles-----12,906,895--12,844,041----62,854
Riverside--------4,747,876---4,768,997---+21,121
San Francisco----4,623,434---4,630,041---+6,607
San Diego--------3,287,542---3,282,248----5,034
Sacramento-------2,459,807---2,477,274--+17,467
San Jose---------1,976,995---1,984,473---+7,478
Fresno-----------1,033,698---1,035,456---+1,758

Yuri · #**4737** Posted **Mar 26, 2026, 7:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by dimondpark

I did California's largest Metro Areas, in a word, meh.

Anyway, LA and SD lost pop, the others gained, SF eeked out 6k, which is better than losing 6k I suppose, otoh, one group that continues to move here unabated is insufferable MBAs and 'founders'--without fail. Also, apparently immigration has tanked all over the country, so there's that too.

Metro-------------2024 Pop----2025 Pop---1-year Growth
Los Angeles-----12,906,895--12,844,041----62,854
Riverside--------4,747,876---4,768,997---+21,121
San Francisco----4,623,434---4,630,041---+6,607
San Diego--------3,287,542---3,282,248----5,034
Sacramento-------2,459,807---2,477,274--+17,467
San Jose---------1,976,995---1,984,473---+7,478
Fresno-----------1,033,698---1,035,456---+1,758

--------------- 2020 -------- 2025

Code:

LA-IE ---- 17,806,288 --- 17,613,038 ---- -193,250 (-1.1%)
SF-SJ ----- 6,754,142 ---- 6,614,514 ---- -139,628 (-2.1%)
SD -------- 3,298,647 ---- 3,282,248 ----- -16,399 (-0.5%)
Sac ------- 2,398,834 ---- 2,477,274 ----- +78,440 (+3.3%)

Comparing with the 2020. It will be hard for LA and SF be on positive this decade.

kittyhawk28 · #**4738** Posted **Mar 26, 2026, 7:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by dimondpark

I did California's largest Metro Areas, in a word, meh.

Anyway, LA and SD lost pop, the others gained, SF eeked out 6k, which is better than losing 6k I suppose, otoh, one group that continues to move here unabated is insufferable MBAs and 'founders'--without fail. Also, apparently immigration has tanked all over the country, so there's that too.

Metro-------------2024 Pop----2025 Pop---1-year Growth
Los Angeles-----12,906,895--12,844,041----62,854
Riverside--------4,747,876---4,768,997---+21,121
San Francisco----4,623,434---4,630,041---+6,607
San Diego--------3,287,542---3,282,248----5,034
Sacramento-------2,459,807---2,477,274--+17,467
San Jose---------1,976,995---1,984,473---+7,478
Fresno-----------1,033,698---1,035,456---+1,758

Keep in mind the fires in LA County last year... 12~13K homes were destroyed in that fire, and only now are the first new replacement homes coming back online. That comes out to 30K~40K people displaced. Not all left LA County, but I would wager a big majority of those displaced 30~40K people left the county or state, at least for the time being, while rebuilds take place.

Crawford · #**4739** Posted **Mar 26, 2026, 7:18 PM**

I don't think the fires are relevant. You see the losses outside of the fire zones too.

LA (and many other metros) won't start growing again until 2029. Most metros need immigration for growth, and there likely won't be any until 2029.

kittyhawk28 · #**4740** Posted **Mar 26, 2026, 7:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by Crawford

I don't think the fires are relevant. You see the losses outside of the fire zones too.

LA (and many other metros) won't start growing again until 2029. Most metros need immigration for growth, and there likely won't be any until 2029.

Not as much though, fires absolutely had an impact. LA County would have still declined from lower immigration, but closer to -20~30K in line with other places instead. We dont have precise data of course, but considering how the Census Bureau does their estimates, I wouldn't be surprised if they accounted for housing units destroyed by the fire